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AstraZeneca seals obesity deal as Pfizer-Novo Nordisk battle for Metsera
After Wegovy and Zepbound's success, competition for the next potential weight loss blockbuster heats up.
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AstraZeneca
AstraZeneca plc is an Anglo–Swedish multinational pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical company.
In 2013, it moved its headquarters to Cambridge, United Kingdom, and concentrated its R&D in three sites: Cambridge, Gaithersburg, Maryland (location of MedImmune) for work on biopharmaceuticals, and Mölndal (near Gothenburg) in Sweden, for research on traditional chemical drugs. In 2015, it was the eighth-largest drug company in the world based on sales revenue.
AstraZeneca has a portfolio of products for major disease areas including cancer, cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, infection, neuroscience, respiratory and inflammation. The company was founded in 1999 through the merger of the Swedish Astra AB and the English Zeneca Group (itself formed by the demerger of the pharmaceutical operations of Imperial Chemical Industries in 1993). It has made numerous corporate acquisitions, including Cambridge Antibody Technology (in 2006), MedImmune (in 2007), Spirogen (in 2013) and Definiens (by MedImmune in 2014).
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Alexion wins EU label expansion for kinase inhibitor Koselugo
Approval provides continuity of care into adulthood for patients with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) using Koselugo (selumetinib) to manage symptoms.
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UV contamination control robot shows pharma cleanroom promise
Efficacy research supports the widespread use of autonomous UVC disinfection for microbial surface decontamination, say AstraZeneca microbiology experts.
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AstraZeneca doubles Lokelma production at its Texas facility
The pharma company invested $445m to expand its Coppell site.
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AstraZeneca increases scope of new US API manufacturing facility by $500m
The company will now put a total of $4.5 billion into the Virginia site, expanding its remit to include active pharmaceutical ingredients for cancer drugs.
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AstraZeneca and Daiichi’s Datroway gets phase III breast cancer boost
Companies’ first-line ambitions for the antibody drug conjugate buoyed by the TROPION-Breast02 clinical trial.
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Microbiology/RMM In-Depth Focus 2025
This in-depth focus features articles on rapid microbiological methods, quality control, and using AI to read agar plates.
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European Pharmaceutical Review Issue 3 2025
EPR Issue 3 includes articles on microbiology, downstream processing, manufacturing, drug formulation and more.
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Pharma’s UK dissatisfaction mounts as Merck & Co axes $1.3bn expansion
Biotech and research investments from Lilly and AstraZeneca also put on hold as pricing row rumbles on.
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Roche touts ‘best-in-disease’ potential for anti-hypertensive zilebesiran
While AstraZeneca’s first-in-class candidate baxdrostat marks phase III hypertension win at ESC 2025.
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Understanding European regulatory requirements for low-GWP propellant transition
The paper explores recent guidance by the EMA and aims to help companies ensure their developments are efficient and effective for the forthcoming transition.
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R&D and tech innovation boosting biopharmaceutical market to 2030
Advanced technology innovation is driving lower R&D costs and progress of targeted treatments such as cell and gene therapies, the research reports.
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World-first approval supports AstraZeneca’s sustainability goals
Approval of the novel tool marks progress for both respiratory disease patients in the UK and reducing the global environmental impact of inhaled medicines.
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NICE recommends new combination breast cancer drug
The agency’s recommendation could provide eligible breast cancer patients with a treatment that analysis suggest is to likely to work as well as two medicines already recommended by NICE.
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CPI launches first-of-a-kind digitalisation framework
CPI’s strategy will help pharmaceutical industry partners to accelerate digitalisation of the pharmaceutical manufacturing process.
